Fresh call for Europe to back climate action rather than war

• Post author:Robert Freeman
• Post published:12 August 2026
• Post last modified:12 August 2026

A new report by Allianz SE says that the pressing issue of climate breakdown could be set to cost Europe €800 billion by 2030 — nearly the same as a pot of money for defence. Allianz is a criminal company investing massively in the genocide economy of so-called ‘Israel’. However, the insurer’s climate analysis has been backed by experts such as Patrick Bresnihan, associate professor at the geography department of Ireland’s Maynooth University. Writing for the Irish Times, Bresnihan called for: …nothing less than the wholesale remaking of our infrastructure, built environments and economic systems. Climate breakdown set to cost Europe €800…

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Andy Burnham finally responds to ‘national emergency’ weather

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:12 August 2026
• Post last modified:12 August 2026

‘The Prime Minister has finally acknowledged the ongoing weather crisis and announced he will chair a COBRA meeting on the matter. Labour MP Clive Lewis has said that the first point on the meeting agenda should be “North Sea Oil“. He says this because Andy Burnham has suggested he’d be open to more drilling despite the UK being on fire as a result of human-driven climate change. BREAKING: The prime minister will chair a meeting of COBRA – the government's emergency committee – on the response to the "extreme heat, wildfires and drought" this afternoon Follow the latesthttps://t.co/59kYH51mUj — Sky News…

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Nigel Farage promises to bollock Zia Yusuf over ‘traitor’ X post

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:12 August 2026
• Post last modified:12 August 2026

In the wake of Ann Widdecombe‘s alleged murder, Reform UK members complained that they were being unfairly criticised by politicians and journalists. According to them, the level of intense criticism they receive is beyond the pale and puts them at risk of violence. While it’s certainly the case that UK political discourse has become increasingly heated, there is a problem for Reform in all this; namely that their politicians are the ones who have most obviously turned up the heat. The latest example of a Reform politician throwing around extreme rhetoric was Zia Yusuf, who called Tory Ben Wallace a “traitor”.…

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Omar Artan ‘honoured’ to referee UEFA Super Cup match

• Post author:Alaa Shamali
• Post published:12 August 2026
• Post last modified:13 August 2026

Somali referee Omar Artan is set to write a new chapter in the history of European football after being selected to referee the UEFA Super Cup match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Aston Villa next Wednesday. The 34-year-old will become the first referee from outside Europe to take charge of the UEFA Super Cup. The good news follows one of the most difficult moments of his career after being barred from entering the US to officiate at the 2026 World Cup. Omar Artan ‘honoured’ by appointment Artan was selected by FIFA to referee at the 2026 World Cup but then was…

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Clacton: a con trick wrapped in a Union Jack

• Post author:Rachael Swindon
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Let’s cut the preamble today. This isn’t a by-election in Clacton. It’s a con trick wrapped in a Union Jack, performed by a man who thinks rules are just for people who can’t afford to write their own loopholes – and the fact we’re even treating it as legitimate says everything about how utterly broken and useless our politics has become. Nigel Farage hasn’t resigned to seek a “fresh mandate”. He’s resigned because the Standards Commissioner was closing in, and he knew exactly which ancient, ridiculous parliamentary loophole would let him pause the investigation, silence the awkward questions, and turn his…

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Palestinian expert: Netanyahu’s Gaza plan rejection is ‘election stunt’

• Post author:Robert Freeman
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

The brilliant Palestinian political analyst Muhammad Shehada has dismissed Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan‘ as merely an “election stunt”. The plan calls for the continuation of Hamas disarmament, which the resistance group has agreed to do. Yet the land theft project that goes under the name ‘Israel’ has rejected this. Shehada says that Netanyahu: …saying no to disarming Hamas [reveals] that genociding Gaza was never about disarming Hamas. This has always been obvious to anyone listening to the land thieves who act out the role of politicians in the ‘Israeli’ Knesset. They have openly spoken of their desire…

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Festival tent abandonment creates 875 tonnes of waste each year

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Late stage capitalism has cheerfully expanded the definition of disposability, to the point where people will fork out forty quid for a tent then disown it after three days’ use. Take your tent home please An estimated 250,000 tents are abandoned at festivals across the UK each year. This amounts to roughly 875 tonnes of camping equipment. With less than three weeks until Reading and Leeds Festival returns, the litter experts at Divert.co.uk are urging campers to plan how they will get their equipment home. Last year, the Reading site alone generated 584.3 tonnes of waste, which is 17% less than…

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Trump backs FIFA boss amid mounting calls for his resignation

• Post author:Alaa Shamali
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Donald Trump has declared his support for the Swiss-Italian president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, at a time when pressure is mounting from a number of football federations calling for changes in leadership. On Monday evening, the US president wrote on Truth Social platform that FIFA would be making a “huge mistake” if it considered replacing “fantastic” Infantino. He added that Infantino had led “the most successful World Cup“, hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, warning that his departure would mean the tournament “would never again see such success or such profitability”. Infantino has a fan in the president Trump’s stance…

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Father grieves son, 27, after Israeli settler shooting leaves his second child paralysed

• Post author:Charlie Jaay
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Israeli settlers continue their violent campaign of intimidation, displacement and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. On 9 August, colonisers from the nearby Susya settlement attacked residents of Wadi Rakhim village in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli settlers devastate family-of-three During the attack settlers opened fire on residents and threw stones. Five Palestinians were assaulted and beaten while Mohammed Shiniran (pictured below), was shot in the shoulder and taken to hospital. Mohammed’s two sons were shot on 7 March by Luria Lusky, an illegal settler who wore a military reserve uniform. Sadly, 27-year-old Amir was killed while…

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Trump-linked firm brings unpermitted drilling equipment to Greenland

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Greenland has issued a strong warning to a US oil company that maybe has ties to Donald Trump after it brought drilling equipment ashore without approval. The Texas-based firm, Greenland Energy, landed machinery on the eastern coast last month for exploratory drilling but failed to coordinate with local authorities as required. The company, founded last year and whose chief executive reportedly has privileged access to Trump’s inner circle, has announced plans to spend $60 million on exploration. Complicating delicate trilateral negotiations  Lukas Wahden, an associate fellow at George Washington University, told France 24 that even though trilateral talks between Washington, Copenhagen…

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Israel eyes more Indian support following Mecca Pact, analysis suggests

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

A new analysis published by the Jerusalem Post suggests that Israel may seek to deepen its strategic partnership with India in response to a defense pact signed last week by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Analysis: In retrospect, the seemingly out-of-the-blue Netanyahu-Modi phone call on Thursday looks more like an early glimpse of the counter-alignments that the Mecca Pact may produce. Written by: @HerbKeinon https://t.co/yKv4nDPwXW — The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) August 9, 2026 Ali Shihabi, a Saudi commentator close to the royal court, told the Financial Times that the military alliance, which was signed between the three nations — Saudi Arabia,…

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Sangita Myska was surveilled by lawyers during LBC sacking row

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

In her first in-depth interview since being dismissed from LBC, Sangita Myska revealed the extraordinary legal machinery deployed against her. “I was told I was surplus to requirements,” Myska told Double Down News‘ Richard Sanders. She said: What happened to me was I did an interview with an Israeli spokesperson, and within 48 hours I was told I was no longer on air. In April 2024, Myska was removed from her hosting role at LBC, just 48 hours after a tense interview with an Israeli government spokesman. Sangita Myska has been gagged for life Myska told Sanders that her employment contract…

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Brazil: ‘Huge leap forward’ as demarcation of uncontacted Kawahiva group’s land is completed

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Campaigners have hailed the completion of the physical demarcation of land in Brazil belonging to the Kawahiva. They’re one of the Amazon’s most vulnerable uncontacted peoples and it’s a full 27 years since authorities confirmed their presence on the land. Now that the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Territory has been mapped out on the ground, only president Lula’s signature is required for the territory to be officially created. Threats to the Kawahiva The uncontacted Kawahiva are critically threatened by land grabbers and loggers who have pushed for access to the territory. They have aggressively opposed the recognition of the Kawahiva’s lands, with…

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Workers across three galleries and museums demand better pay and conditions

• Post author:Grace
• Post published:11 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

The past week has been far from proud for employers at the UK’s major galleries and museums. Fortunately, however, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has been on hand to stand up for the workers. The union is balloting workers at the V&A Museum over potential strike action relating to pay, conditions and dignity at work. However, museum director, Tristram Hunt, has refused to come to the negotiating table, leaving workers feeling “completely disrespected”. Meanwhile, staff at the National Gallery in London have raised concerns over racially divided break facilities. Whilst the majority-white gallery staff enjoy an award-winning ‘accommodation hub’,…

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Polanski slams BBC Reform-friendly hypocrisy after Newsnight ambush

• Post author:Cameron Baillie
• Post published:10 August 2026
• Post last modified:10 August 2026

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has taken aim at “absurd” editorial decisions by the BBC. In particular, Polanski slammed the Beeb for giving far more airtime to Reform UK than the Greens. His comments come after tge BBC was seemingly ambushed on Newsnight by presenters last week. There, Polanski’s interviewers read anonymous texts from “senior” Reform figures live on air. For context, Reform UK’s unelected spokesperson Zia Yusuf has appeared on BBC Question Time a whole 38 times. That’s more than the Green Party’s people have appeared collectively on the show. After multiple such failures at the BBC, it’s quite clear…

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Racist Oldspeak Bookshop set to close following backlash

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:10 August 2026
• Post last modified:10 August 2026

The Oldspeak Bookshop in Long Melford has announced its intention to close. It follows the backlash which resulted from the business supporting ‘remigration’ — i.e. the policy of ethnically cleansing Europe of all People of Colour. Hostility? I wonder why https://t.co/8sklJiF6Nk pic.twitter.com/4P8M2Tykua — keewa (@keewa) August 9, 2026 Oldspeak Bookshop backs “remigration” Remigration has become very unpopular with the European far-right in recent years (and also with Elon Musk, despite the man being a migrant himself). As we reported in July: The UK group Remigration Now describes ‘remigration’ as follows: Remigration is the act of returning immigrants and their descendants to their…

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Greens eye Burnage by-election to take new mayor’s old seat

• Post author:Cameron Baillie
• Post published:10 August 2026
• Post last modified:11 August 2026

Manchester is preparing itself for another, albeit lower-profile, by-election, and the Green party is already ahead. It’s true that the Green Party didn’t get the result it wanted in the Manchester mayoral by-election. Instead, Bev Craig, former Manchester City Council (MCC) leader and Burnham-Labour ally, took on the big job. However, one consequence of that huge mayoral by-election is yet another in Manchester. Only this time, instead of two million Mancunians being offered the vote, it’s some 13,000 Burnage residents. And despite their lack of a mayor — for now, anyway — the Green Party is prepping for another electoral fight.…

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Sunday Telegraph editor publicly denies Israel’s genocide

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:10 August 2026
• Post last modified:10 August 2026

Responding to an article from Stephen Pollard, the editor of the Sunday Telegraph has publicly described Israel’s genocide as a “lie”. It comes as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK launched an attack on rivals Restore Britain over accusations of ‘antisemitism’: Restore Britain has endorsed the monstrous lie that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza – the opposite of the truth. The horseshoe theory of politics is being proved correct – a right-wing party has aligned itself with the far Left and extreme Islamists on this issue. It is… — Allister Heath (@AllisterHeath) August 10, 2026 Israel’s Gaza genocide Heath’s post finishes:…

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Failing Thames Water faces fresh fury over fiance chief’s £1m signing bonus

• Post author:Grace
• Post published:10 August 2026
• Post last modified:10 August 2026

Thames Water is facing fury from parliament after handing its finance chief a £1m “signing-on fee” last month. Company chairman Adrian Montague argued that such massive payments are a “necessary incentive” for staff retention. The news of the bonus is particularly outrageous given that the company is currently drowning in some £20 billion debt. The threat of temporary nationalisation looms ever larger over Thames Water, unless it can reach a deal with its creditors and the government. Thames Water’s record of neglect and waste In June 2025, Ofwat rolled out new powers to block water bosses’ bonuses if their companies miss…

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People Against Genocide raids Ultra I&C Aberdeen facility

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:10 August 2026
• Post last modified:10 August 2026

At approximately 3am on Sunday 9 August, a 2-person People Against Genocide (PAG) team broke into the Aberdeen facility of leading military tech and cyber warfare company, Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C). Having entered the building, they barricaded themselves inside. The activists then set about dismantling equipment and computer equipment, in order to make it inoperable. From inside the building, they also spray painted “For the dead children of Gaza” on the wall. And they obtained masses of documents from the weapons firm. PAG has repeatedly targeted Ultra I&C facilities because it’s a key supplier to UAV Tactical Systems. UAV…

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